Telegram-herald., 1887-03-06

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part san. w1o deTldss tl.s Lotion = Nliia-
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her hesrs = gwen - another di4@t oe4eis
now stretched sl the pretty partisan
feet is quite Wiling a. aoeeft her fessl-
Ia ~ zoe sitnAilsn ihoQE@ AilNQ~ht
herself has been s0Fneerhet a4tacsslt -
! understand. s little fas.ue in her answers.
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degres-aVcsse e. being or9Sght - tue
polut. still Ar A1ss21eene = ialeiined 70
+ bqlievein The creed ~ fis pretty eaahcsi.ie
when she declafes herself ready 20 4fiifn
( publicly her belief Ia tAe consistency II LIS
fair. II rather tfsn1g loFs.
Well. Ila sisd yea are not, SAYS he
/ pleasantly. 4Ludins 10 heT assertion th~t
she knows no fatigue ie'nis"h
there viii be an inigx of guests, or
dered, like the supper, for to-nerro"
night. and il would rot do 70 ee IA pSof
forla You loek pale, however
Are many coming Enough 70
make IS puf on our best lib and tucker
and our choicest IEanners- 1oa Viii
have - make your very best soW 70 ihe
/ lord lieutenant Of tae county, and %
smirk al q youthful y 'erJ famous gen
eral. The ouly thing - be careful sbont
is not 70 overdo ii tonight. 10 remember
that the norrew wll bring the pis
Nauteh. and 10 reserve sone smiles Tor
tie hero of the hour
Tie speaks with some bitterness
Tomorrow night VIII trlng Capt
Bovle She looks st him softly out o
her serene eyes DO not let that make
You unhappy His presence means les
than nothing. Indeed, ! believe II VIII
do your cause good.
Sweet prophetess ! wonld j dared
share your creed
"What creedgf asks Duran, who has
joined them unseen.
a belief Miss Roche has IN the IN
conquerable power Of love, replies Mas
sareene yayly, springing 10 his feet and
crossing the close turf - where be can
see AlhceDt standing, for once. alone.
And so YOU believe ia loves omnipo-
tency," says Duran, gazing at Nadine
with calm searching eyes " our
] .Isf. - efsrss. -lrfd
doubt Why should ! not hold such q
creed" returns she steadily, though hef
lips have grown very pale.
4 cannot answer that here VIII you
come with me 10 the Firwo0df ] shall
not keep YOU long. and must speak 70
you DO not refuse me, Nadine. This -
probably the last hour we shall ever have
together. / leave the park the day after
tomorrow. -
She had shrunk lstle from him when
first be Appealed % her. but IS his plead
lug grew stronger, moro impassioned. she
rose With her eyes downeast, AID her
color faded - a paller that bespoke az
anguished heart, she moved beside him
TO the wood ho had mentioned.
Presently they enter it, The eternal
greenness OF il stirs her blood once more
to an admiration that r0uses her and
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present. Ever since she lad obeyed his
word. aud risen and followed him hither,
she had been in a kind Of waking dream
that had been too sweet TO permit her
desire for its dissolution. Now, however,
that she is fully awake to her danger as
well as to hSr pain, il is too late 70 with
draw from a tete-a-tete, that she feels
must rive her soul
Duran. stopping abruptly beneath the
spreading branches OF huge Scotch fir,
laws his hand upon her arm thus arrest
ing her footsteps also.
eff love be indeed all-powerful how is
it that / have faileds'' he asks in a low
tone ''No love was ever stronger tEan
that / bear fOT you, and yet 1t has been
of no avail when matched against the
barrier that stands between you and me.
HAS il been my fault. or is il that the
love should be equal on both sides, and
4 that-yours-falls below the nsrkS'
, ,, She had been standing with lowered
! lids and trembling hands, but now. as
Though forced to il against her VIII, she
looks st him. Her large, dark. mouruful
eyes are fun Of a reproach-mute, but -
terrible that his heart grows warm within
/. him Alas how clearly in those melsn-
4 choly eyes Is her pure love lying.
1T is true then / hsve yeur love, " he
says always in low voice, but none the
less ecstatically; land IL 50, my dearest,
why viii you repulse me- Ahi have
pity on me, if you viii not on yourself
Think-think before you sacrifice Us
both to a mistaken sense Of duty"
, 81 have given my word, says Nadine
Tiny promise.
"a word-a promise-better broken.
See here. my love, l have lived many
; years longer than you. Too many" he
says after pause, that is filed with re
gret forthose past hours when he had
not known her, and when another hsd
: borne bis namc-another unloved and
undesircd Il cannot bear 10 think what
years lie between your birthday and
mine; bat still nay very age gives me the
right 20 speak. is il good that YOU
= should surrender all your happiness -
one for whom you have 10 real resy9rd
, fIst because Won once gave him a hope
r 10 that effect Nay. there Is no loyalty
: IN that Better let him so than live K
p repent the bargain he has made y
There is my word,' persists she
: merkiy but earnertly. "f cannot tsRs
that back. and be. too. levcs me Hs
loves me 81 well. - declares she with ST
intuifi0n that has revealed 70 her ths
, real passion of the man whom she IA
promised 10 marry. 'that I think i
/. would XIII him did ! now prove false "